The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, May 3, 1912 Page: 2 of 6
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FATE Of MIC BUt
It ICE 10 MISTAKES
POSITION SENT OUT BY WITE-
Ltbt WITH DISTRESS SIG-
NALS, WAS INACCURATE.
SPEEDING THROUGH FIELD OF ICE
CipU«r Moore of Steamer Mount
Temple Throws New Light
on the Titanic Disaster
Before Committee.
\\ ..i- ii (. u i' Failure to riw her
exai i pot lion, a great Hold of float
In, Hint o:i'oritd a harrier to ships
lnin iiiP to the reacue and tin nil:-
tuke ol her own captain In lushing at
top : through an lee-cowred sea
* ali tbe** combined to send the Ti-
tan i tiel her l.ttOO victims to their
v i •> . grave in lhi« North Atlantic
This wan strongly Indicated in tcsii
ii otiy hi )( re the senate < ommli iw in
vestigatirig the oceau tragedy Cup-
tain James II. Moore of the steamer
Mount I einple, which wan hurried to
tho Titanic in response to wireless
ck l* or help, told ot the great stretch
of !i .■ which held hltn olf Wit lit i
Ills view front the bridge ho discern
ed. lit s.iid. another strange steamer,
probably "a tramp," and a schooner
which was making her way out of
the he The lights of thin schooner,
be thought, probably were those seen
by the anxious survivors of the Tl
tanlc. and which the> frantically wer<
trying to reach Captain Moore de
nounced as "most unwise" the net ot
the commander of the Titanic in ru.-.li
nig at twenty-one knots when he ha .
been advised of the ice The Mount
Temple s commander said he ha•
spent twenty-seven yeurs in the Nor!
Atlauth Whene.er lco was around
he sunt he doubled his watch and n
duced speed. and if he happened to
get caught in an Ice pack he slopped
his engines and drifted until lie wa-
c 1 on r
Titanic Sent Out Wrong Position.
Witness also was emphatic in hi.
declaration that the position sent out
by the Titanic was wrong lie said
the ship was eight miles further ca. '
ward rtian its operators reported
'I his, ht declared, was proved b> the
observations taken the first thing ot:
the day alter the disaster With what
was virtually a fleet of steamers with
In a radius of fifty miles of the Ti
tanlc, tills mistake in fixing accurate
ly the position of the doomed ship
was a fatal one. With icebergs and
floating ice covering the sea, a ship
ot even tne size of the Titanic might
well be overlooked through such a
variance
Captain Moors l« Heard.
James H Moore, captain of the
steairsNp Mount Temple, which was
supposeo to have been almost within
hailing distance of the Titanic on tht
day the ship sank, testified
lie said be had been at sea for thir-
ty-two years, twenty-seven In tin
North Atlantic.
' Are you familiar with ice ami ice
bergs? asked Senator Smith
"Yes,' said the captain.
"A berg is broken off from land in
the arctic regions and may be com
posed ot land, rocks and most any
thing that it would pick up In its
course"
Bergs Luminous Starlit Nights.
Senator Smith sought this informn
tion because of some levity caused by
a question he asked several days a.,<
as to what an Iceberg was compound
of and the witness answered "ice."
"Have you seen icebergs by day and
by night?" asked Senator Smith
"How do they look on a starlit
night ?'
"White, sir; In fact., they are lutm
nous "
The rtlgbt of tbo Titanic catastrophe
was clear and the sky was studdeu
thick wilti stars
"1 wiab you would tell the commit-
tee Just what happened oil that Sun
day night and Monday morning," said
the senator
"At 12 20 a. m , April 15," said I'ap
tain Moore, "I was awakened by th«
steward with a message from tin
Marconi operator of my ship, which
said that the Titanic was sending out
a * (J I) message. Here is the uies
sag" 'Titanic sending F. W I) He
quires assistance. Position 41.44 north
6D.24 wwet t ome at once. Iceberg
This wa* a message the operator pi' k
%d up "
"What reply did you send?"
Steamed Toward Titanic.
"None whatever, sir, we did not
want to stop those distress me- ige^
going out and the operator fcuid tin
Titanic could not hear him At once I
ordered the course toward the Ti
tanics position I dressed and w.nt
to the chart room We steamed u|
and salied east by compass We turi.
ed right toward the Titanic. Thou I
went to tbe chief engineer, told liim
about the Titanic and to push up the
fires, wake up all extra firemen and
to get tbem busy 1 said, If neoea
ssry, give the firemen a lot of rum,
elf."
"At tbe time you got this message
from the Titanic how far distant did
you figure the vessel was from you?"
"About forty five miles."
Mnunt Temple Stopped by Ice.
The senator asked what speed the
Mount Temple made toward the Ti
Unln. Captain Moore said a trifle
more than eleven knots
"About 8 a in we ran into our first
1ce," ountlnued the witness, 'and we
doubled the outlook watch At 8:26,
ships time, we bad to stop. At th-t
time we figured we were about four
t*et> Diiias distant from where the Ti
table signaled "
fat U :n Moire's sh'p was stopped s
few minutes by Ice and again delayed
by a schooner coming from the direc-
tion of the Titanic. When he saw
tlie si hooner about :i o'clock he esti-
mated she was about twelve miles
from the Titanic'* position
Saw No Floating Oebris.
Asked it the schooner light might
have been the one mentioned by Of-
flcei iloxhall of the Titanic and
others, Moore said they might have
seen the light of "a tramp steamer
which was on our port how." The
captain said In- did not determine the
tramps name
He had no communication with her.
t'aptain Moore said he thought he
reached the point close to th" Tl-
tattle's position about 4 :to Monday
morning \s ed what In- saw, lint
captain described the u e lield and the
bergs He saw no wreckage or iluat-
int' corpu s
t'aptain Moore was a ked to
plain statements made b> some of the
j Mount Temple';. pasMtllgers lo tin' ef-
I'll that hey it mI i m locket t- fired
| by the Titanic that night Moore an-
> ted none ol lit* passengers w.t.-- oil
leek alien he M uted for the I'll.:tlie'S
position lie said his wireless opera-
>>r ■ in'-cht the signal from the Ti-
aiuc just a. the operator was going
to bed Mi'ssa '•'« between the Ti-
lain and other ships were picked up.
1"he second me age to the t'arpathla
read "We have struck Iceberg t'oiue
to our assist nice A message to the
Olympic read Get your boats ready.
We are going down last by the head."
Frankfort Titanic Wireless Talk.
Of the nil" sages that passed be-
tween the Titanic and the Frankfort,
i 'plain Moore said:
Titanic Are you coming to our as-
r- isl.tUCC ?
Frankfort What's the matter?
Titanic \\ e have struck iceberg
ind rinking Tell captain to come
The last nil... e that the Titanic
■ swi red from the Olympic was about
.'lo in the morning. Other ships
lied to raise the inking vessel, but
viiliout effect
Moore said ho sent no messages
nun the Mount Temple because he
ltd not want to interfere with wire-
' s waves belwcn the Titanic an<*
ither vessels ilt^ strained abend,
owever, making ready for possible
rescue work
1:41 A. M.—"Boilers Flooded."
"At 11 10 the Titanic was still call-
ing <" W I).' said Captain Moore.
At 1 l!0 it raised the Olympic and
aid, (jet your boats ready; going
low n fast by the liend ' Frankfort
replied at 1 'Starting for you.' Six
minutes later the Titanic flashed j
) I) . boilers flooded.' A message
rom 'I). F F' then followed. "Are
ihere any boats around , lu already?' I
There was no answer Other ships j
then began calling, but could get no
reply. Later the Russian steamer
lllrma raised the Olympic and report-
ed: 'All quiet now, Titanic haa not
spoken since I 17 ' t'arpathla at 1:20 j
sent message Are you still there?
We are firing rockets'"
Saw No Rocket# That NighL
"Did you see those rockets?" inter-
rupted Senator Smith.
"1 saw no rockets at all that night.
I thought of sending up rockets my-
*elf, but did not do so because I fear-
•I that it might divert other sliip
uurrying to the Titanic."
Captain Moore read further from
'lie rets a t of Wireless Operator llur-
ant oi tbe Mount Tempie
Among the messages picked up by
he Hlrma and communicated to Cap-j
ain Moore were
"1 40 a m Hlrma thinks she hears
Titanic and sends We are coining to
vou, only fifty miles away Hope you
ire safe'"
a m Carpthla calls Titanic All
| lllet "
of, Uirma and Frankfort work-
ing "
! 1!0 -- We 1 Mount Temple) back
out of the ice l.arge bergs around."
Calilornian calls 0 Q
and give her Titanic'*
had it before."
'allforninn now work-
! t;inl:fort Frankfort
"FIRST ONE IN"
now is
II f
ft 'hi. '.f ■/ ' tip "
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fex8: r*-s. •
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TAP LINES NOT COMMON CARRIERS' mm IN mm m m
Much Property Damage* by Cydonl*
HOWEVER. EACH CASE MUST BE Windi—Five Killed Near CKii-
in!
o. up) ri^ac.)
0R0ZC0 WOULD RESTORE PEACE kst FtfiritizERs for different texas sous
PROCLAMATION DISTRIBUTED AT
WASHINGTON BY HIS AGENT
'.v _6 a m
nd I answer
position She
"II 40 a tu
ng with tiio
iho gives Titanb':■> position."
1 a m < aliioriiian now working
iih Virginia" "
"4 LTi a in t'alifornlan now work-
ng with Itirma
"5 10 a m -Siiinaled Callfornlan.
She wants my position t Mount. Tem-
ple i V«'h are very close together " i
Work of Rescue Begins,
"ti 15 a tn t'arpathla reports
twenty boatloads rescued from Ti-
tanic."
"7 :io a m Baltic sends service
.aemai;," to Callfornlan an follows:
S'and by you hare been instiucted
10 do so frequently' '''tis signaled,
y an iuHpectOI' "
"T 10 a m Callfornlan gets men-
, of no need to stand by, as notb-!
iig more could be done ('arpatbla
u.d Olympic very busy "
The wltnesH said he had not seen
or heard of the Amerika during Sun- j
lay night or Monday
"What would you do If you met an j
iccident at night?" Senator Smith
naked abruptly
"I would stop, sir"
"I'd stop, sir. and drift with It My :
Instructions from my company are not j
to attempt to pass through any Ic.e,
no matter how thin It might look "
Twenty-One Knots "Unwise."
Senator Smith asked pointedly
whether the witness thought it was
wise and discreet" Ik- run a ship at
twenty one knots through the night
Captain Moore Haid It was frequently
lone, and that fluid lco seldom was
met with at this time of tbo yeaf
where the Titanic went down
"Suppose you had been advised
there was Ice ahead, would you con
nider it wise to drive your ship at thai
speed throuuli the night?"
••ft would be most unwise"
Intervention Is Not Wanted—He De-
clares Madero Has Been Disloyal
and Unable to Protect.
Washington Paving the way for n
more formal demand for tbo recogni-
tion by the United States of the bel-
ligerency of the Mexican revolution-
ists, Manuel Lujenist. now in Wash-
ington, has submitted to the state tk-
partment a signed copy of a proc-
lamation issued by their leader,
Orozco, addressed "on behalf of the
revolutionary party to nil the people
of Mexico and its foreign colonies "
Adhere to Constitution.
In this pronouncement Oroico de-
clares the objects of his party to be a
complete recognition of the principles
of the Mexican constitution anu the
establishment of law «md order, which
Madero has failed to achieve S'xess
is laid on the charge that at prt-sc nt
lives and property of Mexicans and
foreigners are in Jeopardy; that
through ac(s of violence Mexico has
lost moral and financial prestige and
"provoked the determination on the
part of the United States and other
foreign countries to forcibly intervene
In behalf of their citlxens residing in
our midst for the purpose of protect-
ing Uielr lives and property "
Foreign Capital Invested.
He points to the vast amount of
foreign capital Invested in Mexico,
which he pledges to protect, as well
as to stop all bloodshed nnd disorder.
He declares "we don't want interven-
tion; we must not have Intervention
We should not permit, therefore, con-
ditions to prevail which In any sense
provide a Just cause for Intervention.
The idea of intervention by any for
eign government is appalling; it
means our ultimate loss of independ-
ence, the downfall of our republic as
well on hundreds of thousands of
livtts sacrificed anil hundreds of mil-
lions of dollars o: property destroy
ed "
Conditions In Chihuahua.
Orozco refers with pride to the pres-
ent conditions lti the state of Chihua-
hua and which he promises soon will
prevail iri the newly acquired terri-
tory of Sinaloa. He condemns destruc
tion of property, looting of the treas-
ury and provocation of International
differences. The conduct of Madero
is said by Orozco to demonstrate his
weakness of character and willingness
to antagonize the wellmeaning peo-
ple of the republic.
"He should, therefore, be turned out
st the earliest possible moment," con
unties tho proclamation, which winds
up with a declaration of the Intention
of tho revolutionary party after re-
storing peace to reorganize the ad
ministration and put at Its head a
man who Is the free choice of the
people
Bodies Are Widely Scattered.
Halifax -A wireless message re
celvod Sunday from the < abie ship
Mlnia Indicates there is little hope of
adding to tbe ISO odd bodies of Tl
taulc victims now on the Mackay
Dennett. The weather has been bad.
tbo sea rough and bodies are widely
snatteied. A revised llrt of the iden
tlfied dead from wireless messages re
eelvod places tho total number of
Identified on the Mackay Bennett at
184 and those on the Mini, at eight
To Build Five Bridges
iteerllle, Tex —The Bee county com
missloners have received bids for the
building of five bridges A bid of
$13,144 for all five was accepted.
Three of tho bridges will be on the-
San Antonio to const highway, one
on Beevllle-Gollad road and one on
Pettus-Mlueral road All are to be of
steel
Crops In Good Shape
Kerrvllle, Tex The grain and fruit
orop is in fine condition The oats
crop is assured, whether the grain
sets another rain or not. A large
acreage of corn iiss been planted,
but the nights are too cool for it to
do well.
Will Ship Roasting Ears Soon.
Harlingen, l ex. (toasting ears will
be shipped from llarllngeu tbe latiei
part of this week These will be the
..t-h* >:i the market.
State Chemist Fraps Suggests What
Will Give Results, and Leaves
It to Farmers to Determine
College Station, Tex. The needs for
fertilizers vary so much, and the ef-
fect of a given fertilizer depends to
such extent upon climatic or season-
able conditious, that it is almost tm
possible to say what fertilizer will
give the best result Dr. (! S Fraps,
state chemist of Texas at the A. & M
College of Texas thinks the best for
him to do Is to suggest what will
give good results, and leave it lo the
individual farmer to determine what
Is the best for his Individual condi-
tions
For corn or ordinary Fast Texas
soil, a mixture of acid phosphate and
cottonseed meal gives good reMiltB.
Kquai parts make it good mixture, but
the best mixture will depend ou the
nature of the soil Cottonseed meal
has a tendency to form stalk, while
acid phobphate tends to form fruit,
hence the poorer the stalk, the larger
proportion of cottonseed meal should
be used in the mixture, and if the
stalk Is good, the.i use less cottonseed
meal On land which produces plenty
of stalk but is deficient in fruit, we
suggest the use of acid phosphate at
tlie rate of 20u pounds per acre The
cottonseed tnual acid phosnhate mix-
ture is used at tbe rate of 300 to 600
pounds per acre Any fertilizer gives
best results when aoll conditions are
favorable, good seed am used, and
good cultivation given.
It is doubtful if tho application of
potash to corn on ordinary Fast Tex-
as soils pays Many of these soils
contain enough potash for good crops
of corn On badly worn sandy soils,
potash may pay on corn. In such a
case a mixture of 500 pounds acid
phosphate, 400 pounds cottonseed
meal and iJOO pound, kanit, used at
the rate of 300 to fe'u pounds per acre
gives good results. '1 he fertilizer will
contain approximately 7 per cent
available phosphoric acid, 2.7 per cent
nitrogen and L' 4 per cent potash
The fertilizer sbouli bo applied iit
the furrow about a *eek before the
planting
DETERMINED ON ITS MERITS.
Over a Year Investigating, and Ex-
tended Litigation and Hearing Bs
fore Supreme Court Probable
Washington Tap lln^s .ire iu>t
common carriers Thai In general ef
fed is the decision oi the interstate
commerce commission handed down
Monday after au investigation of more
than a war
The commission holds, however,
that each case must be determined
on its own facts, it being cleat that
some no-called i ip line.- are entitled
to the privileges of common carrie
It Is significant that iu every one ot
the thirty six tap line case.* pa -ied
upon by the commission Monday it is
held that "uono ot them l- a c-minion
carrier with reaped to the -eivnc
It performs for the proprletai) un
ver company
Tito opinion was rendered by < >tn
inissiouer Harlan and was concurred
in by all members of the body 'J'ti:c
it will result in extended litigation
and eventually find its way to th>-
t'nited Stales supremo court eems
certain Involving ail investigation o!
over ,000 railroads and ten., ot mil
liona ot dollars in capital, the > ip line
case is one of tbe most important pro
feeding* ever undertaken b> the tu
terstate commerce commission
Nearly a year and a hall ago tit-
tariffs filed by the trunk Hues and
ffliiuinatiug tli«- privilege of through
lates aud Joint tales were suspended
by the commission From time to
time while the matter had been under
consideration the larifls have been
suspended further by the voluntary
action of the trunk line-t thai th<
commission might have opportunity t
thoroughly consider the question
The i a nee! Intionii ol the division-- o:
tbe existliu'. rates will become • i• ■
the at once Immediately upon an
nounceineut of dei isiou a I. tonic., -
tap lines attempted to secure furthei
extensions that they mi^lit have lei:,
time hi which to file with the coin
merce court proceedings to rosii i.u
the proposed trunk line tariff from
becoming effective The language oi
the commission'- opinion is "thai tin
cancellations by the trunk lines will
b« allowed lo beconitt effective May I
as provided in the tariff- now ou file
It is indicated, however, that such tai
11 lies as may be found substantially
to be entitled to the privileges of com
inon carriers will be fully protected
by the commission
In a supplementary opinion in
which he concurs with the general
view, Chairman I'routy expresses tin-
view as to tap lines, "that to prohibit
or discourage legitimate enterprise*
of this character is to deal a serious
blow to the future development of tliif
country I believe all these services
should be performed by the railroad
itself and that tho shipper instead ot
receiving an allowance for then- a<
cessorlal services, should be com
pelled to pay a reasonable '-harge to,
every service rendered outside Uie or
dinary transportation
dress. Texas.
Oklahoma City, Okla. — Appiort-
liutel) thirty nine lives are kuowu to
have bean sacrificed to the storm
king's wrath Saturday afternoon,
when a tornado of unusual laagnituda
swept through Northern Texas and
tliu state ol Oklahoma gevcial others
are reported dead, but this can not
be confirmed Die injure) list wlil
exceed a hundred Fully twenty
towns suffered I'iie property lose
in not be estimated.
Summaiv oi cyclone damage
l ois, Okla Ten persons reported
I'ml, tweutv live or thirty injured,
town badly torn up
Duller, okla Nine deaths report-
ed, iiianv njured and many buildings
blown down
Sentinel, Okla Two pel ens re-
ported to have been killtvl and great
damage i|one to propert) , fifty houses
blown down
lllnton, Okla One death, many in-
ureti and a score oi buildings blown
dow n
llobart, Okla Country west of this
point \isitud by terrific wiuds Two
per-ons known dead, four others re
parted dead; several Injured and
great damage to property
laigert, okla Two dead, five in
jilted and scores lee* seriously hurt
tine store building left studding
Hocky, Okla. One dead, liulf of
town blown away, upward ot dozen
injured
Calumet, Okla Three deaths; six
or eight Injured, much property loss
KlUorado, okla No word since Sat.
it'day afternoon, when it was reported
>ur killed and many injured
Martha, Warren and Mlair still cut
off from communication and nothing
a■ - ird since report that they were
blown awa)
Kot ti. Okla Town torn up. but no
ss ot lite repoi ted
Colon.- okla \genc> (Indian)
' ,lu!ii-: reported wrecked, no loss of
,>ie repot ied
iieports of smaller tornadoes re
en ed from Mltu o, Yukon, Mulha'
aid points in Garfield > ounty, soulu
ol' Fuld.
Cyclone at Childress
Childress, lex. A cyclone which
P-tined tour miles east of Kirkland
killed seven people aud injured a
number of others
The dead Hoi ('amp, wife and two
hlldren Mrs. <1 K. Kennedy; Hugh
Singleton and wife
Two children of the Singletons were
also injured
Hoi Camp, Boyce Kennedy, Ben
Clark, mall carrier, Mrs .less Cun
nlnghain and four employes of ttie
Denver railroad weto more or less
Injured
V totai of thirty farm houses were
destroyed The Denver employes were
ii a work train of nine cars, all of
which were blown clear of the main
line There is a great loss among live
lock
Flood Situation Improving.
New Orleans Not. a single un
favorable report regajdlng the Mr
stssippi river levees in the fourth fed
eral district from Yi It,burg south to
t he jett|e:, was ieceiveij Sunday at the
office of the United Siites engineers
who have charge of tie work The
federal inspectors repoted that the
Dog tai I crevasse watds, which for
more than two wee t have been
spreading desolation tlrough North
east Louisiana from K.U' Carroll pa.
ish south lor a hundiVI miles, are
pouring back into the l isisslppi be
iween i'oint. Breeze uill Lower Old
Itiver The return fie* will be per
manent now. Fay the tfigineers, and
the rise will be pronoutled each day
i'or tbe next ten days or.wo weeks at
all points south of Toiias. tho Red
River Junction
Beef Prices Advnco.
New York The wholesale price of
beef advanced Monday pound tu
a higher record than an; year since
18S1 A carcass of nafr e corn-fod I
beef was quoted at Waltnout market
in Brooklyn at a top fl|ire of 13c,
which old tiinei , agreed <ta the high I
est price in over thirty {veurs Re
tailers were charging -'."<Jto 20c per
pound fot porterhouse tkd 24c for
sirloin stakes. 20c to 22c IV rib roust,
Women Want Troutiale.
Sun Antonio, i "* Hiidreds of
girls from all portions of he United
States want to become tb bride ol
David A Tiousdale, the Sii Antonio
express messenger who kllld the two
bandits near Sanderson sevral weeks
ago. The newspaper repa. of the
occurrence have made hil a hero,
and this has resulted in tbmroposals
SIS.000 Mine Loss.
Fagls Pass, 'Tex Shaft ^o. at
the Intmnational coai mint caught
fire Thursday and was buivd down
along with eight Southern Pilfic cars
stunding near The mine loss is
about $lo,0iJ0
Large Sale ef Csttli
Snyd r, l «x Sixteen hunfed hsad
of cattle were sold at fit) |r bead
,->aturduy and shipped '<> Aiarlllo,
I exas, by Russell u Baldridgof th«
) ;Hr ran 'h
Judge Freeman Resigns,
Galveston, Tex 'The hoard of dl
lectors of the 11a!veston, Houston and
Henderson ruili'oad met in Galveston
Monday for the election of offlcei-
Prenldent T .1 Freeman of the inter
national and Great Northern and I \
is and Pacific present ml hi- resigna
tion from a position lie has long held
cm the directorate, and the resigna
tion was accepted M Martin ot
Houston, general superintendent oi
the itit ernat ional and Groat North
ei n, was elected to the position vu
cated by Mi Freeman'a r> ; nation
A Supreme Court Opinion
Austin, Tex The supreme court
Wednesday in an opinion b> \ssociate
.liislicu I ilbi ell handed lowu a mo :
important decision affecting irrigat on
contracts, in fact, involving general
lights under irrigation contt ids The
sum t/f the decision wa., that i eon
tract to supply a full amount of waier
for irrigating a given area is not en
forcible If a drouth or acc'-lent en
-oies and the irilg iton ditch owners
distribute water equuily among then
several patrons
Gold Excitement Unabated
Alpine, Tex Tim local gold excite
merit continues unabated In ai least
two distinct places, wcll-iiutined veil,
of the precious ineini are now heme
followed Many vimIois to both of
these place , where the ievelopmelit
work lias been fairly slatted, amine
themselves with panning gold out
by hand from the pieces of oi • a. they
are being thrown out by dynamite
blasts
Bombardment Was Serious
London 'The bombardment by the
Italian warships of the Dardanelles
torts a week ago was much more serl
ous than officially admitted, says a
Constantinople dispatch Kutnkaleh
fort, ai tint entrance of the Darda
nelles. was destroyed, 300 Turkish
soldiers being killed and more than
that numbwr wounded
Bond Issuance Carries
Houston, Tex The bond issue
looking to the drainage of drainage
distrld No 5, comprising about SO.ijuu
acres south und east of Houston, cai
ii<*d by a good majority Saturday iu
the special election
Connecting Water Works Plsnt.
Ilttarne, Tex Machinists ar« at
work making the connections In the
water works plant this week, and Indl
rations ure that tbe system will be
iu a.'iup' 'he tni'Ml* ol May
Saloon Licenses Revoked.
Austin, Tex Controller Ijine has
oriunlly revoked the licenses of forty
eight Gil I v e.-t till saloon keepers and
says that is just a beginning if the
others do not obey the law " All
• voids for eaii "liations were badly
aialtered oni.s oile licensee escaped
out of the original forty nine who
were < iteii lo show cause why ihetr
permits hould not be cancejitMi. due
to a conllid in testimony This sin-
gle ex, option was a partnership of
^ I* "ii1 Italian and t; l.oren/.i at
I wenty fourth and the boulevard
Controller I .a tie s,nd that Captain
Smith ot the rangers testiili-d that be
secured i bottle of beer from the lat-
ter place, but that pay was refusmt
Arkansas River on Rampage
I Him. okia Thou.. ■Urit. of acres
of ertile farming land along the hot
uiis of the Arkansas Kiwi \ alley are
covered with watci as a iesult of m
sudden rise iu tho Arkansas river
Sunday. I he highest gauge r«a, hod
by the river was IT > the highest in
many year: Farmers were forced to
leant I heir farms for the hills aud
thousands of dollnra' worth of farm
property and growing crops have bet a
iamaged I rain -ervice throughout
this section of the stale l paralyzed
by washouts and >everal railroad an 1
>*agou bridges have been mine,!
a way
For Compulsory Education.
Chattanooga, Tenn The Woman
uid Child l.abor Confaience of the
Southern States, holding Its fifth an-
nual session, adopted resolutions
Wednesday favoring compulsory edu
catlonal laws as a solution of child
labor problems, recommended that
states appoint a minimum wags
board to investigate rate of wages
In relation to the oost of living. fa ?..
ed pensioning of indigent widowed
mothers and enfranchisement of wom-
en The Tennesaou factory Inspector's
efforts to enforce the child labor law
was Indorsed
Torpedo Boat Destroyers.
San Diego, Cal The torpedo boat
destroyers Preble and Perry, the
largest vessels of the flotilla, slipped
out of the harbor Sunday night and
went to sea with sealed orders That
they are bound for the west coast o|
Mexico Is tbe general belief
English Historian Passss Away
i«otidon Justin McCarthy, novelist
and historian and for many years a
member of parliament, died Wednee
lay st Folkestone
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